Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Pitt 3MT® Competition!
The following Pitt 3MT participants were selected as the 2026 awardees during the Pitt 3MT® Competition conducted on April 6, 2026.
First Place
Youjia Wang
School of Nursing
"Cancer Has Two Patients"
Runners-Up
Alireza Mohammadzadeh
Swanson School of Engineering
"From Pollution to Clean Water"
Keith Kaufman
School of Medicine
"We're Not Always the Best Listeners: How Dynamic Brain States Shape How We Hear"
People's Choice
Keith Kaufman
School of Medicine
"We're Not Always the Best Listeners: How Dynamic Brain States Shape How We Hear"
School Competition Winners
As part of the events leading up to the main competition, Pitt schools held their own individual competitions throughout the month of March. Their winners were sent (one per school) as finalists to compete in the April 6 University-wide competition.
Hannah Assour
Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences
How Earth's Smallest Flowering Plant Can Help One of Evolution's Biggest Questions
Yejin Cho
School of Dental Medicine
"Turning Implant Inflammation into Healing"
Barli Fadly
School of Law
"The Question of Palestine Through Indonesia's Lens: Third World Approaches to the Advancement of Palestinian Rights in International Law"
Emily Goldberg
School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
"Treat, Sleep, Repeat: Why Sleep May Be the Missing Piece in Stroke Recovery"
Alireza Javadian Sabet
School of Computing & Information
"Mapping Career Adaptability"
Christina Kazarov
School of Pharmacy
"Geography as a Predictor of Medication Taking Behavior"
Paige Sable
School of Social Work
"Bridging the Gap: How Can We Better Connect Kids to Care?"
Ashlyn Salvage
School of Education
"Constrained or Empowered: Racial Equity, Identity, and Agency in Informal Learning Organizations"
Lauren Spor
School of Public Health
"Diabetes & Structural Variations in Samoans"